Build the grip strength before you load up the bar

Michael Pansolini

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245 lbs on the bench press today! A new Personal Record!

Not bad for a guy who spent most of his 20s behind a desk.

Halfway through my set, I couldn't finish! Not because my chest gave out.

My hand did.

That soft spot between my thumb and index finger felt like it was going to tear. I couldn't grip the bar anymore.

After 400+ hours of listening to

@Ryan Narus

turn literally everything into a metaphor, I've picked up the habit too lol

So here's the metaphor:

A lot of operators build chest strength (investor capital, deal pipeline, acquisition skills) without building grip strength (operations, systems, property management).

You can lift the weight. But can you hold the bar?

Sure, you closed on 500 sites. But do you have the systems to actually run them? Or are you white-knuckling it until something tears?

I see this all too often. Investors rush to scale, buy multiple parks, and then realize their operations can't handle the load.

Don't be that guy/gal...

Build the grip strength before you load up the bar.

Sure you can buy the assets....you've built the investor base and you have the deal pipeline, but can the rest of your operational systems handle the additional volume?

Many people build the engine while they are flying the plane, which I recommend to an extent because it builds urgency, but many more fail to load the plane with the correct parts before taking off, and then they end up in free fall.

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Come build your plane with us!

Me, Ryan, and hundreds of others awesome, humble investors and operators in The MHP Pros Mastermind will help keep you in the air for the long run (although candidly we cannot do anything about your grip strength)

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